Come as you are. The kitchen’s always open.
The People Kitchen is for anyone figuring out their next career move: whether you're just starting out, changing direction, or starting over completely. You'll get a community of people in the same boat, mentors who've been where you are, templates that actually work, and 1:1 coaching from someone who spent a decade hiring people and is now sharing everything they know with you.
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Somewhere between "just tailor your resume" and actually getting hired, that's where we live.
What you’ll find here.
THE RECIPE BOX
Every template in the Recipe Box was built from 10+ years of real HR experience, tested in actual workplaces, with the thinking already done. From resumes and cover letters to portfolio guides, interview prep, job search trackers, and professional communication templates, everything comes with guidance on what it's for, when to use it, and what hiring managers are actually looking for on the other side.
Choose the package that fits where you are:
Find Your Footing: for anyone navigating a layoff or unexpected career disruption.
Find Your Start: for new grads entering the job market for the first time.
Find Your Place: for internationally trained professionals adapting to the Canadian market
TABLE FOR TWO
Table for Two is 60-minutes with Aura Telman, Fractional Chief People Officer and founder of The People Kitchen.
Bring your resume, your questions, your job search anxiety, or your career pivot plan. Leave with clarity, honest feedback, and the kind of insight that only comes from someone who's been on the other side of the table.
Not sure where to start? Book a 15-min session here.
THE KITCHEN TABLE
A private community for job seekers who want real answers from real people. Ask the questions you can't Google or ChatGPT, share what's actually working, and get honest support from people who are in it with you. Monthly office hours with Aura included.
THE SUPPER CLUB
A rotating event series in Vancouver; sometimes a casual community dinner, sometimes a structured event with recruiters or mentors present, sometimes simply a shared meal for people who are tired of going through it alone. No slide decks. No awkward networking. Just good food and a real connection.
Partner with us.
Are you a university, college, or organization supporting job seekers?
We'd love to bring The People Kitchen to your community through workshops, speaking, and career resources.
A note from the Founder.
Hi, I’m Aura. I built The People Kitchen for anyone navigating one of the hardest moments in their professional life, and to make sure they don't have to do it alone. Sending applications into the void, navigating a layoff you didn't see coming, getting ghosted, collecting rejection emails, or feeling trapped in a job that's eating you alive. It’s a lot to carry, and most people are carrying it alone.
I spent over a decade as a Head of People, Culture, and Operations at companies across Canada, the US, and Latin America, sitting on the other side of the table, making hiring decisions, and watching talented people get overlooked. I built The People Kitchen to change that. To use everything I know to make the job search a little less hard and to create a community where you can be real about what's actually going on.
Real support, honest guidance, and a community that actually gets it.
My work has been featured in Nasdaq, BRIT+CO, Create & Cultivate, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, and DisruptHR. But what matters most to me is that you arrive here and feel like you finally found your people.
Come as you are. The kitchen's always open.
What we stand for.
Inclusion and Belonging · Mental Wellness · Respect
These are our values, and everything here is built around them. The People Kitchen was created because the working world is hard enough without feeling like you don't belong in it. We believe opportunity shouldn't depend on who you know, where you're from, or whether the system was built with you in mind.
And we mean it beyond words. 5% of all profits are donated annually to the Loveland Foundation, providing therapy access and mental wellness support for Black women and girls, and the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society in Vancouver, empowering Indigenous women and families through community, culture, and healing.
Because who gets a seat at the table matters far beyond the workplace.
The Dish Newsletter
Every Tuesday, The Dish serves up what's trending in the job market, one honest career tip from the other side of the table, and a real story from someone who's been through it. No fluff. Just the good stuff.